Adults age 18 and over -- When staff-assisted depression care supports are not in place

The USPTF recommends against routinely screening adults for depression when staff-assisted depression care supports are not in place. There may be considerations that support screening for depression in an individual patient.

This is an update to the May 2002 recommendations on screening for depression in adults. This recommendation was also updated in part for children and adolescents. Click here to view the new recommendation for children and adolescents, published in March 2009.